The Ethical Dilemmas of Genetic Testing for Huntington’s Disease INTRODUCTION Huntington’s Disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant‚ progressive‚ neurodegenerative disorder (Walker‚ 2007 and Harmon‚ 2007). The gene that causes the disease is located on the fourth chromosome and causes an abnormal number of repeats in the patient’s genetic code (Harmon‚ 2007). Huntington’s Disease can have devastating effects on patients’ quality of life. The first symptoms of HD generally start between the ages
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situations and uncertainties. Heather Walmsley believes that at-home genetic tests only serve to add more stress and uncertainty to everyday life. She pursues the idea that most of these test results are merely possibilities‚ that there are far too many factors involved in an individual’s health for these tests to serve their purpose. Walmsley points out the environment‚ diet‚ and lifestyle all affect one’s health. Personal genetic tests can be beneficial in the sense that they raise awareness of
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Although genetic testing can benefit society in numerous ways‚ such as the diagnosis of vulnerabilities to inherited diseases and ancestry verification‚ it also has the precarious capability to become a tool in selecting a more favorable genetic makeup of an individuals and ultimately cloning humans. Genetic testing will depreciate our quality of life and may result in discrimination‚ invasion of privacy‚ and harmful gene therapy. In 1993 a pamphlet by National Heart‚ Lung‚ and Blood Institute
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Direct-to-consumer genetic testing products have been on and off the shelves in shopping centers for as long as the product has been around. The interest in one’s genetic background has been a prevalent topic for many years. With a cheap price and easy access‚ the testing products have attracted many consumers to give it a try. Even though there are benefits to direct-to-consumer genetic testing‚ there are also negative outcomes that can be a result. For this reason‚ there are many ethical dilemmas
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Faculty of Information Technology Department of Computer Engineering Researching analysis report E-health and m-health in Kazakhstan Prepared by: Duisenbayeva Assemgul Baimuhanova Moldir Abisheva Aizhan Satybaldy Aidyn Almaty 2013 Table of contents Executive Summary....................................................................................3 Study Objectives..........................................................................................4 Methodology.......
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Animal testing is something cruel and also often ineffective because animals do not get many of the human diseases that people do‚ we have many things different‚ for this reason‚ animal research is not sure to discover things. The only thing we do with animal research‚ is that we cause animals to die and to suffer to something that scientists are not sure will happen. Animal research has improved human health‚ and it makes changes in people’s lives. Alternative methods of testing do not simulate
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Attention! Animal testing may have just saved your life! Throughout the course of history‚ improvements‚ new products‚ and medical advancements have been made through animals testing. Testing on animals for scientific and commercial purposes poses many benefits. A lot people are at risk of cancer and heart problems‚ while many actually do suffer from these things. Major medical breakthroughs have been made possible through animal testing‚ and these breakthroughs have been able to save lives. According
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Student Lab Section 6 E. Coli Genetic Transformation with pGLO Plasmid Introduction: Genetic transformation is where one organism takes on a characteristic from another organism (Bacterial Transformation 2013). For this experiment we used the bacteria E. Coli to take in foreign jellyfish DNA which will allow it to change genetic material. This experiment determines the effects that the plasmid pGLO has in transferring the Green Florescent Protein found in a jellyfish into the bacteria. It
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Standardized testing skyrocketed after 2002 No Child Left Behind Act. By definition‚ a standardized test is any form of testing that requires test takers to answer the same questions to compare the relative performance of individual students or groups of students. The question whether or not standardized testing is beneficial to children’s education has been around for quite some time. Studies show that on average‚ in America’s public schools‚ students take around 112 tests from kindergarten to twelfth
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CHRONIC CARE BY E-HEALTH INTRODUCTION (IDENTIFICATION OF THE MARKET) Chronic diseases‚ including cardiovascular conditions‚ diabetes and asthma are among the most costly‚ deadly and debilitating medical conditions faced by Americans. Nearly one in two American adults have at least one chronic disease and more than 75 percent of the nation’s total medical care costs are spent on chronic diseases. The burden of chronic diseases often falls on the safety-net and underserved populations. The rise of
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